{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"India Tech Report","title":"India approves $12 billion R&D and I fund, Loopworm’s insect protein tech, Aureka’s sustainable diamonds get Peak XV sparkle, and more","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":376,"description":"Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world\nRajiv Ganth, founder and CEO, CIMware, is leading innovation that can help make data centre power use more efficient and therefore boost sustainability.\nGoogle signs landmark deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to commercialize fusion energy\nGoogle has entered its first commercial fusion energy agreement, committing to purchase 200 megawatts of clean power from Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ (CFS) inaugural ARC (affordable, robust and compact) plant in Virginia, expected to go online in the early 2030s.\nThe partnership deepens Google’s investment in CFS, a Massachusetts-based MIT spinout, and includes an option to offtake power from future ARC facilities. The move signals growing confidence in fusion’s potential to deliver scalable, carbon-free electricity to meet surging energy demand from big tech data centres.\nListen to the podcast\n\nOmnisent secures $3 million to pioneer acoustic AI for industrial intelligence\nOmnisent, a sound technologies and AI startup in Munich, Germany, has raised $3 million in a pre-seed round led by Atlantic Labs, Tech Funding News reports.\nThe startup, founded in late 2024 by Robin Daiber, Ann-Kristin Balve, and Adrien Jathe, has developed a platform that uses proprietary ultra-low-power sonic sensors and a large acoustic AI model to convert industrial noise into real-time insights, targeting inefficiencies like compressed air leaks.\nThe fresh funds will support R&D, team growth, and a commercial launch in Q4 2025, as Omnisent aims to expand into energy, defence, and smart cities.\nCIMware raises $2.3 million to tackle data center scalability with sustainable smart switch\nCIMware, a data centre infrastructure venture in Bengaluru, has raised $2.3 million in Pre-Series-A funding led by Transition VC, the company said in a press release. CIMware was founded in 2019 by Rajiv Ganth, a veteran in distributed systems and data centre engineering.\nGanth, who has...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/klwtZi6_OVxR1RQx-EUqBBLq9JNmkk2p0xt3ov7-eeg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYjRi/MTNkNDVhMTVlOThm/MDM4ZmVlYjFmZGNl/OGFiNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}